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THE RUIN OF AURANGZIB upon every soul who did not conform to Islam a tax which Akbar had disdained, and Shah Jahan had not dared to think of their indignation knew no bounds. They repudiated the jizya, or religious tax, and con- trived to spirit away the infant princes of Marwar out of the emperor's reach. It was the first serious rebellion during the reign, STKEKT SCENE IN JODHPUK. and its provoker little realized the effects which his fanatical policy would produce. He marched at once upon Raj put ana, where he found two out of the three loading States, Udaipur (Mewar) and Jodhpur (Mar- war), united against him, and only Raja Ram Singh of Jaipur (Amber) still loyal to the empire. The Rajputs kept twenty-five thousand horse, mostly Rathors of Jodhpur, in the field, and, although frequently driven into their mountains, were never really subdued. At